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Do you remineralize that water before drinking?

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bastawhiz 9y ago
Besides flavor, does it matter? If it's not for the flavor you can eat like three almonds to make up for the loss of minerals.
- Houshalter 9y ago
  It's very bad for your teeth.
  - VeejayRampay 9y ago
    Wouldn't it then suffice to brush your teeth? Am I missing something?
    - regularfry 9y ago
      It leeches minerals out of your teeth. Nothing to do with leaving a coating behind.
    - throwawy123117 9y ago
      It will sap minerals from bones too, prompting osteoporosis. We need the minerals in water: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap12.pdf http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap...
- DanBC 9y ago
  WHO seem to think it matters. http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap12.pdf http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap...
  - eternauta3k 9y ago
    Thank you, that link is very clear and informative.
- midnitewarrior 9y ago
  Water entering your body with a trace mineral deficit will dilute the mineral content of your body, and you'll excrete these minerals every day in your urine. One day or one week doing this is no big deal, but if it's your main water source and you do it all the time, you will start demineralizing your body and you'll be short of electrolytes which is known as hyponatremia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia It can also cause bone density issues during child development.
  - Retric 9y ago
    People tend to get a lot of sodium from their diets making the sodium content in their water a non issue. The same is generally true of most other minerals, unless your diet is horrid the water you drink is not going to make a meaningful difference.
    - Xeoncross 9y ago
      There seems to be a difference between minerals already dissolved in water, and taking dry minerals straight. Part of this may simply be the combination of other minerals and foreign mater in the water that somehow helps the body absorb correctly. Just like eating whole vegetables vs eating isolated plant supplement extracts.
  - robterrell 9y ago
    Our house came with a ridiculous reverse osmosis filter on the kitchen sink, and the included TDS meter showed < 5 ppm. It seemed great at first, but we grew concerned about the potential for mineral deficit for our kids, so I disconnected it. But, we could find no definitive source of info on this topic. It's hard to take the water fanatics seriously: the manual talks about how the filter "reprograms" the water so that "the water is imprinted with the far-infrared frequencies." And: "the water molecules are shaken by the special field in a way that, for a short time, the clusters and the hydrogen bridges are broken up", and "the water is carried forward in an s-pattern movement, identical to that of water in nature". Then again, I'm the guy who disconnected it out of possibly baseless fear of demineralization, so I'm not in a position to throw stones.
Pica_soO 9y ago
Yes, with his bone structure.
Retric 9y ago
Water is not a significant source of minerals. To get your daily needs you would need to drink around a bathtub full of water daily.
JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
No I do not. The amount of minerals in water is tiny compared to food.

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Besides flavor, does it matter? If it's not for the flavor you can eat like three almonds to make up for the loss of minerals.

Houshalter 9y ago
It's very bad for your teeth.
- VeejayRampay 9y ago
  Wouldn't it then suffice to brush your teeth? Am I missing something?
  - regularfry 9y ago
    It leeches minerals out of your teeth. Nothing to do with leaving a coating behind.
  - throwawy123117 9y ago
    It will sap minerals from bones too, prompting osteoporosis. We need the minerals in water: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap12.pdf http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap...
DanBC 9y ago
WHO seem to think it matters. http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap12.pdf http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap...
- eternauta3k 9y ago
  Thank you, that link is very clear and informative.
midnitewarrior 9y ago
Water entering your body with a trace mineral deficit will dilute the mineral content of your body, and you'll excrete these minerals every day in your urine. One day or one week doing this is no big deal, but if it's your main water source and you do it all the time, you will start demineralizing your body and you'll be short of electrolytes which is known as hyponatremia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia It can also cause bone density issues during child development.
- Retric 9y ago
  People tend to get a lot of sodium from their diets making the sodium content in their water a non issue. The same is generally true of most other minerals, unless your diet is horrid the water you drink is not going to make a meaningful difference.
  - Xeoncross 9y ago
    There seems to be a difference between minerals already dissolved in water, and taking dry minerals straight. Part of this may simply be the combination of other minerals and foreign mater in the water that somehow helps the body absorb correctly. Just like eating whole vegetables vs eating isolated plant supplement extracts.
- robterrell 9y ago
  Our house came with a ridiculous reverse osmosis filter on the kitchen sink, and the included TDS meter showed < 5 ppm. It seemed great at first, but we grew concerned about the potential for mineral deficit for our kids, so I disconnected it. But, we could find no definitive source of info on this topic. It's hard to take the water fanatics seriously: the manual talks about how the filter "reprograms" the water so that "the water is imprinted with the far-infrared frequencies." And: "the water molecules are shaken by the special field in a way that, for a short time, the clusters and the hydrogen bridges are broken up", and "the water is carried forward in an s-pattern movement, identical to that of water in nature". Then again, I'm the guy who disconnected it out of possibly baseless fear of demineralization, so I'm not in a position to throw stones.

Pica_soO 9y ago

Yes, with his bone structure.

Retric 9y ago

Water is not a significant source of minerals. To get your daily needs you would need to drink around a bathtub full of water daily.

JohnJamesRambo 9y ago

No I do not. The amount of minerals in water is tiny compared to food.